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2. ζ Ophiuchi: a stellar and interstellar Pandora´s box
- Creator:
- Walker, Gordon A. H.
- Format:
- bez média and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- hot emission-line (OBAe) stars, interstellar lines, and spectral changes
- Language:
- Czech
- Description:
- The broadening of the photospheric lines in ζ Ophiuchu by very rapid rotation allows not ony mapping of its surface velocities and temperature distribution, but makes the star an excellent probe for a profusion of sharp interstellar lines. Being bright, it is a good object for smaller telescopes. Apart from discovering nonradial oscillations in its atmosphere over twenty years ago and a significant temperature differential between pole and equator (the von Zeipel effect), I have recently assisted in the discovery of some 30 lines of interstellar C3 near 405 nm - the first carbon chain to have been found in a diffuse interstellar cloud and at a much higher concentration than expected.
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public